For some reason I thought this was going to be about you and Travis next Friday night...
- Bill
The secret and suppressed history of stoned subversion in comic books.
Little Annie Fannie
Little Annie Fannie
What was Popeye really puffing in his pipe? Did the Swamp Thing traffic in psychedelic potatoes? Is Spider-Man a narc? These are the questions that ran through my mind as I investigated the world of comic books...
What I found was an untold connection between the Mafia, comic censorship and marijuana prohibition. A continuing plot by the White House to subvert artistic license and turn comic books into vehicles of anti-drug propaganda. A war between conservatism and counter-culture that has played itself out in battles between super-narcs like the Green Arrow, super-potheads like the Freak Brothers, and super-sexpots like Little Annie Fannie.
The ultimate truth about comics? Right from the very start they were about pot.
Read the rest of the article here:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2012.html
Be amazed at such hilarious outdated ideas, such as:
Anslinger believed that "Marijuana is the most violence causing drug in the history of mankind," and in 1937 he testified with these exact words before US Congress, resulting in the United States' first prohibitions against pot.
and marvel (no pun intended) at the insights, like this:
"Back in the late 60's early 70's almost all the people who read comics were heads," said Ron Turner, founder of Last Gasp. "That's how you turned people on. They would be stoned, and you would say, 'hey, read this.'"
For some reason I thought this was going to be about you and Travis next Friday night...
- Bill
what makes that panel even funnier, Dreamchild, is that the 'wake and bake' guy looks very similar to me.
what is that from?
That's my book. Issue #3. I've got a few more classic bud moments with him later in the series, but basically you've got a transient who's suddenly given the power to conjure up anything he desires. So of course he opts for booze and drugs.
QUANTUM: Rock of Ages. Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll and Time Travel. All in one book. How better can it get?
I should be so lucky.Originally Posted by bnolan
We could play 'the blown ranger meets the crisco kid'.
I have a mask, so I get to be the blown ranger.
Well then. Thanks for terrifying me to my very soul.We could play 'the blown ranger meets the crisco kid'.
I have a mask, so I get to be the blown ranger.
edit: wrong thread
Last edited by Shwicaz; 09-25-2005 at 09:00 AM.
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